Re: USAGE: front vowel tensing [was: English notation]

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>That wouldn't surprise me.  Lots of strange things happen to any language
>when it's sung.  That's why (speaking personally) it's so difficult to
>figure out the lyrics sometimes, even if you know the language (
Reminds me of a song i like....

I read a transcription of the lyrics, and it shows that it's easy to
mishear even very clear lyrics:

the transcription was: First i'm high, then i'm solo

WHich in my mind should have been: First i'm high, then i'm so low

(from "Wild" by Poe)

There's also another instance of transcription that's midly amusing:

"The ass is a tree and the voices were three"

Which i thought should be:

"The Ash is a tree and the voices were free" (which makes more sense to
me).

(From "Amazed" by Poe also)

Of course it doesnt have much to do with the ongoing discussion, but i
thought i'd share :).





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